cyclist tipping

[loopyc]

in the news yesterday it said cyclists are being pushed off their bikes by a man in a van, this is happening in the oxfordshire area, so cyclists beware if you live in oxfordshire!

[doglady]

I'm really sorry, but ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.

[loopyc]

dont say sorry thats what i thought!!!

[doglady]

Oh that's OK then!!

It sounds like a perfect student weekend passtime to me.

[loopyc]

well its one up from cow tipping!!

[CT]

If he tried that to me he might get my D-lock through his rear window.

[ugly_bob]

roflmao. serves them right. hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

[DavidUK]

So what have you got against cyclists loopy and doglady?

[gerkin]

We need more cycle lanes

[doglady]

Nothing against cyclists at all DavidUK. It's just a funny picture in my head. I was laughing at the comedic value of pushing cyclists over from a van, not actually at them maybe hurting themselves.

I agree, we need more cycle paths.

Sorry!

[loopyc]

as doglady says i have nothing against cyclists at all i cyce myself just thought the image of it was funny sorry if ive offended anyone.

[whiffey]

Yet *another* good reason for cycling (carefully) on the pavement.

[ugly_bob]

or cycling carefully on the road. If all cyclists did that, people in cars wouldn't get ****** off with them and want to push them off their bikes!

[Lonnie]

I don't know where he lives, but its probably Nigel Havers, he hates cyclists with a vengence.

[Grunty]

Depends how you define 'carefully' whiffey. As carefully as a 12 year old on his first bike, or as carefully as an 80 year old on his last one?

[Gef]

On my drive home from work tonight I nearly took out a cyclist as he turned across the middle of a mini-roundabout with no hamd-signals and no dayglo clothing. Later as I walked to the supermarket I was nearly taken out by two cyclists on the pavement who were not paying attention. Is it just me? Apologies to all the law-abiding cyclists out there.

[Booldawg]

I cycle to work which is a 6 mile round trip. I'm also a motorist and can see where alot of the frustration comes from regarding dangerous cycling.

However I do think it slightly ironic that a van driver, from possibly one of the most discourteous and ignorant sections of motoring sets himself up as the nemesis of other road users.

[admarlow]

that bloke sounds like a legend!!!!!! he should get a lottery grant

[DavidUK]

It is irritating getting stuck behind a cyclist but look at this way: if everybody else used bikes instead of cars, you would have more room to drive your car on the road and there would be less polution. So - encourage 'em not knock 'em over!

[mata hari]

Cycling on pavements is NOT ALLOWED, and puts pedestrians at risk, check out the highway code.
I am afraid todays cyclist, like todays " scurge of the road" motorcyclists, think that they are so small and narrow they can ride anywhere, at any speed, legal or not !!